Словарь синонимов английского языка - generation

(n) 1. production, reproduction, propagation, procreation, begetting, fathering, siring: In the lower animals, the generation of offspring is asexual. 2. time(s), day(s), age, period, era, epoch: The trait did not appear till later generations. The 1950s and '60s spawned the yuppie generation of the '80s. 3. origination, creation, genesis, inception, initiation, ctart, beginning, institution, establishment, formation, formulation: The generation of legal systems can be traced to the oldest civilizations. 4. crop; age (group); contemporaries: This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. He prefers to be with people of his own generation.